The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the health care reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance is unconstitutional, a striking blow to the legislation that increases the odds the Supreme Court will choose to review the law.

The suit was brought by 26 states — nearly all led by Republican governors and attorneys general — and the National Federation of Independent Business. The Department of Justice is expected to appeal.

The 2-1 ruling marks the first time a judge appointed by a Democrat has voted to strike down the mandate. Judge Frank Hull, who was nominated by former President Bill Clinton, joined Chief Judge Joel Dubina, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush, to strike down the mandate.

Barack Obama is unconstitutional. No black man should ever rule.Just kidding...it's just whenever I ridicule Obama, someone always has to bring up race. I don't care if he's a blond female midget....he sucks at his job.

I think every citizen should be responsible and get health insurance for themselves and their family. Should it be mandatory? Definitely not.

My health insurance costs me $620 a month for my family. I could think of a lot of other things that I would like to do with that money.

$620? You are lucky. In MA a family plan without a massive deductible is almost 3 times that amount for self employed guys and maybe 1.5 times if you have a good company plan. Time to allow competition across state lines.

We need healthcare reform, but the mandate was a bone thrown to the insurance industry and is total BS. It is not the same as driving insurance, as driving is considered a privilege but living is a right. Healthcare costs moving forward will be our biggest expenditure in our country.

It'd be better if our congress did something to improve our food supply. The quality of our food has been heading downhill for years due to control by massive corporations.[/quote]

The government has its hands in way too much stuff as is and that's the reason and will always be the reason for the mess we're in. Letting them regulate our food supply would be just one more step towards total government control.

We have healthy options, it's just that people don't want them. That's not my problem, it's not the corporations' problem and it's not the government's problem.

I think consumers sometimes forget how much power they actually have. A concentrated and collective effort to avoid fast food or cheap, processed stuff and maybe actually visit a farm stand or fruit and vegetable store would do wonders. But people have to make the choice, and most choose not to be healthy because its too inconvenient.

One of my best friends is a nutritionist so I get to hear his weekly rant about what Americans should be eating. He's as poor as it gets and lives in a large city (not the nice section) so I'm not buying the argument people can't afford it or don't have access to these types of food.

I think consumers sometimes forget how much power they actually have. A concentrated and collective effort to avoid fast food or cheap, processed stuff and maybe actually visit a farm stand or fruit and vegetable store would do wonders. But people have to make the choice, and most choose not to be healthy because its too inconvenient.

One of my best friends is a nutritionist so I get to hear his weekly rant about what Americans should be eating. He's as poor as it gets and lives in a large city (not the nice section) so I'm not buying the argument people can't afford it or don't have access to these types of food.

What I'm talking about is things like safe food to eat. Too many times do we find out about food recalls because of deadly bacteria. And there are laws against sueing the meat processor. Since you can't sue them, they should be mandated to do their jobs properly. And putting out poisonous food is NOT doing their job properly.

It'd be better if our congress did something to improve our food supply. The quality of our food has been heading downhill for years due to control by massive corporations.

The government has its hands in way too much stuff as is and that's the reason and will always be the reason for the mess we're in. Letting them regulate our food supply would be just one more step towards total government control.

We have healthy options, it's just that people don't want them. That's not my problem, it's not the corporations' problem and it's not the government's problem.[/quote]

Obesity is a huge problem(And i do mean HUGE). Between that drug addicts and smokers It's 3/4 the problems with healthcare cost...We are paying for these people to eat junk and be unhealthy.